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Mayweather-Maidana rematch produces strong gate, PPV numbers

Fighters Network
18
Sep

When Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights, people pay to see him.

Mayweather’s unanimous decision over Marcos Maidana at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday generated close to a $15 million gate, according to figures released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday.

Mayweather-Maidana II sold 14,859 tickets and grossed $14,899,150, with 1,080 tickets going unsold and none given away, ESPN.com reported.

In addition, Mayweather-Maidana also produced 925,000 pay-per-views buys, according to Yahoo!Sports, surpassing the 900,000 for Mayweather’s majority decision over Maidana in May.



Mayweather-Maidana ranks No. 5 on a list of the top 35 boxing gates published on the NSAC website behind Mayweather-Maidana I and ahead of Manny Pacquiao’s eighth-round knockout of Oscar De La Hoya in December 2008.

Mayweather’s majority decision over Canelo Alvarez last September became the highest-grossing boxing event of all time with nearly $150 million in revenue reported, eclipsing the $136 million earned by Mayweather’s 2007 victory over De La Hoya.

Mayweather is worth a reported $420 million, according to Forbes.

Mayweather earned at least a guaranteed purse of $32 million for the fourth time in the rematch against Maidana, who pocketed a career-high guarantee of $3 million.

Mayweather’s $32 million guarantee was the same amount, minus the upside for pay-per-view, that he took home for his initial win over Maidana, who earned at least $1.5 million for their first bout.

The world’s highest-paid athlete, Mayweather earned a career-high guaranteed purse of $41.5 million for defeating Alvarez, and at least $32 million each for his unanimous decisions over Robert Guerrero and Miguel Cotto in May 2013, and, May 2012, respectively.

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